Naslov
When things go wrong : Cysticercus longicollis in an adult wild red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Autori
Konjević, Dean ; Živičnjak, Tatjana ; Gudan Kurilj, Andrea ; Sindičić, Magda ; Martinković, Franjo ; Stojčević Jan, Dagny

Izvornik
Parasitology research (0932-0113) 115 (2016), 3; 1345-1348

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kratko priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Red fox; Vulpes vulpes; Cysticercus longicollis; Taenia crassiceps; Nature Park Medvednica

Sažetak
First case of Cysticercus longicollis, larval stage of Taenia crassiceps, was diagnosed in a wild adult male red fox (Vulpes vulpes). The fox was killed by dogs at Nature Park Medvednica and presented to the University of Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with history of being unable to run away and having skin lesions on legs that resembled to those of mange. Necropsy revealed whitish fluctuant mass full of cysticercus-like structures, surrounded by fibrous capsule and placed between the leg muscles, and numerous of spherical cysts in the subcutis and in the peritoneal cavity. Cysticerci were identified as C. longicollis based on their size, number and size of the rostellar hooks, mode of proliferation and DNA analysis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of T. crassiceps cysticercosis in a wild carnivore.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Veterinarska medicina

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